Red Wine Essence Food

RED WINE ESSENCE

Steps:

• In a heavy large saucepan, combine onion.
• carrot, celery, garlic, apple and oil.
• Cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables have begun to release their juices, about 8 minutes.
• Uncover, increase heat to moderate, and saute vegetables, stirring frequently, until caramelizes to a deep golden brown.
• Add wine and port, increase heat to high and bring to a boil.
• Turn heat down to a low boil and reduce wine to about 1 cup.
• This will take about 2 hours.
• Strain wine into a small saucepan and add chicken broth.
• Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer and cook until reduced to 1 cup, about 45 minutes longer.
• (for a more concentrated sauce, you can reduce to 1/2 cup).
• Serve sauce hot.
• Sauce will keep refrigerated for 1 month.

RED WINE-BRAISED BEEF SHANKS WITH MUSHROOMS AND BASIL-MASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• In a large Dutch oven, heat vegetable oil over high heat until very hot.
• Season shanks on both sides with the Essence, transfer to Dutch oven and cook until browned on both sides, about 3 to 4 minutes per side. Transfer shanks to a plate and set aside. Add onion, celery, carrots and mushrooms to the Dutch oven and cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are soft and beginning to caramelize, about 7 minutes.
• Add garlic, bay leaves, thyme, and rosemary and cook for 2 minutes. Add red wine and stir well with a wooden spoon, scraping bottom of pan to loosen any bits. Add tomato paste, crushed tomatoes, beef stock, basil, parsley, crushed red pepper, salt, and black pepper and stir well to combine.
• Return shanks to the Dutch oven and bring sauce to a boil. Cover Dutch oven, lower heat to a simmer and cook for 5 hours, stirring occasionally, or until shanks are tender. Taste the sauce and adjust seasoning if necessary. Serve immediately, with sauce ladled over Basil-Mashed Potatoes. Serve with Sauteed Fennel and Leeks.
• Combine all ingredients thoroughly and store in an airtight jar or container.
• Recipe from New New Orleans Cooking, by Emeril Lagasse and Jessie Tirsch. Published by William and Morrow, 1993.
• In a saucepan combine potatoes with enough water to cover by 1 inch and add 1 1/2 teaspoons salt. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to a simmer, and cook until potatoes are fork-tender, about 15 to 20 minutes.
• Drain potatoes in a colander. Add butter and milk to the saucepan and heat until butter is melted. Return potatoes to the saucepan, add sour cream, and mash with a potato masher until desired smoothness is achieved. Season with more salt (if necessary) and black pepper. Stir in chopped basil and serve immediately.
• 4 servings
• Heat a medium sized saute pan over medium high heat. Add olive oil. Add fennel and saute for 3 minutes, until translucent. Add leeks and season with salt and pepper. Saute until fennel and leeks are tender, another 4 minutes. Add lemon zest and butter and toss. Adjust seasoning and serve.

PORK TENDERLOIN WITH RED WINE SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. F.
• Open the tenderloin, and using a meat mallet, carefully pound the meat just until it is of even thickness.
• In a heavy skillet, heat 2 tablespoons of the olive oil and once sizzling add the onion. Cook until softened and then add the garlic Cook an additional minute or two.
• Add the mushrooms, and cook for 5 to 8 minutes until softened and beginning to brown.
• Add the spinach in parts, stirring it into the onion mixture until it becomes softened.
• Add the sun-dried tomatoes, and cook an additional two minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
• Place the tenderloin open on a flat surface. Spoon the stuffing mixture evenly over the meat, leaving a 1 inch border all around.
• Firmly roll the tenderloin keeping the filling in place.
• Secure the tenderloin with butcher's twine.
• Rub the tenderloin with the remaining olive oil, and then rub on the cracked pepper.
• Place the tenderloin in a baking pan and cook for about 40 minutes, or until a meat thermometer registers 160 degree F. internal temperature.
• While the meat is cooking, place the red wine and beef broth in a heavy saucepan and cook on medium high heat until it has reduced to about 3/4 to 1 cup of liquid. Taste, and season as needed with salt and pepper. Whisk in the butter and keep warm.
• Once the tenderloin has reached an internal temperature of 160 degrees F., remove it from the oven, and cover with aluminum foil. Let rest for 10 minutes. Slice the tenderloin into 1 1/2 inch thick slices, and serve with a drizzle of the red wine sauce. Serve.